In the era of Covid-19, climate change and an increased focus on longstanding structural racism, a new approach to “security” is desperately needed, writes William D. Hartung.
UPRISING: Police, Prisons & the Pentagon
Category: Racism
LEE CAMP: Four Giant Reasons to Remove the Statues, From a Robert E. Lee Descendant
We should relocate our racist statues to museums where we can remember our racist history in the appropriate context.
UPRISING: Police Violence & Racism Have Always Enforced Injustice
It is fantasy to believe police exist for public safety, write Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, in this overview of the history of U.S. policing.
From Grandfather to Grandson: Lessons of the Tulsa Race Massacre
There are interventions we can take, locally and nationally, that recognize centuries of financial and social constraint, writes Gregory B. Fairchild.
UPRISING: Is This the Broadest Popular Movement in US History?
This transformational moment is becoming a transformational movement, writes Marjorie Cohn.
UPRISING: Symbols are Invested With Power; Don’t Dismiss the Importance of Toppling a Statue
Symbols are important, writes Jonathan Cook. They are the illustrations to the stories we are fed about who we are and what we hold dear.
Goodbye, Columbus
The discomfort caused to elites is of no concern to anyone who wants to strike at the heart of racism. Goodbye and good riddance to Churchill, Columbus, Leopold and all of their ilk, writes Margaret Kimberley.
The Killing of Rayshard Brooks Shows Police ‘Reform’ Is a Joke
Reform proponents are advancing a decoy agenda that has been distracting people for generations, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Good Riddance to a Bad Cop
The Greatest Show on Earth
The odd feature of this singular situation is that we’ve come to accept as (more or less) normal persons and actions that would have struck everyone as patho-normal just a few decades ago, writes Michael Brenner.